In 1977, Camborne’s big rivals for league and cup glory are St Ives…who’s going to be the top dog of Cornish rugby when the two sides meet?
Category Archives: Cornwall in the 1900s
Rugby Special ~ Part Four
Can Camborne RFC maintain top form without several key players? Is their 1977-78 Centenary Season about to falter..?
Rugby Special ~ Part Three
Camborne RFC’s 1977-78 Centenary Season would not be complete without giving their old rivals Redruth RFC a good beating…
Rugby Special ~ Part Two
Camborne RFC’s 1977-78 Centenary Season kicks off, and there’s no easy games as they face up to the best in Cornwall, and international talent from Wales…
Rugby Special ~ Part One
The story of Camborne RFC’s monumental Centenary Season, 1977-78, when they took on the best sides in the land…as told by the players themselves!
The Notorious Beatrice Small, Fortune Teller
Beatrice Small made her living telling the fortunes of the gullible folk living in the border country of North Cornwall. Her fanciful tales of spells and hidden fortunes found many willing ears, and she regularly ran foul of the law…
Sister Helen and Saint Barnabas
Sister Helen Phillipps-Treby was Head Nurse and General Manager of St Barnabas Hospital, Saltash, from 1896 to 1951. The span of her career covered some momentous changes in nursing and society, and the way nursing was viewed by this rapidly changing society. The story of Sister Helen is also the story of the early years of St Barnabas Hospital…
In Search of An Gof, Conclusion: An Gof Today?
What of extreme Cornish Nationalist groups and their activities today?
In Search of An Gof, part three: The Two An Gofs
The historic An Gof and the group known as ‘An Gof’: does the use of his name by the 1980s extremists corrupt An Gof’s memory, or are the two ‘An Gofs’ more alike than mainstream pro-Cornish activists would like to admit?
In Search of An Gof, part two: Person or Persons Unknown
The extremist activities of the 1980s ‘An Gof’ group laid bare and analysed…
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 